Surname Eržen in modern Croatia

Eržen families are Croats and they are mostly from Cabar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cabar and Slavonski Brod. In Parg in Cabar every seventh inhabitant had the family name Eržen.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Eržen live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 11 other places, mostly in Rasa in Labin area (<10), Batrina in Pozega area (<10), Cikovici (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Luzani in Pleternica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Eržen (including: Erzen , Herzen ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Erzen " is used by some 2000 people in Turkey , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Germany. "Herzen " is used by some 100 people in Germany , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Veljko Eržen, Nataša Eržen, Davor Eržen, Evica Eržen, Josip Eržen, Josipa Eržen, Zora Eržen, Miroslav Eržen, Goranka Eržen, Darja Eržen, Borut Eržen, Ivan Eržen, Marijan Eržen, Lidija Eržen, Vedran Eržen, Goran Eržen, Mario Eržen, Boris Eržen, Darko Eržen

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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